Jessica Palombo

1 week ago | jaxtoday.org | Jessica Palombo

Free local news and info, in your inbox at 6 a.m. M-F. Sign up for the Jacksonville Today newsletter. A Moonlight Movie in 2022. | PRI ProductionsFridayMoonlight Movie: Top Gun: MaverickLatham Plaza and Seawalk Pavilion | Jacksonville BeachTop Gun: Maverick is the city of Jacksonville Beach’s latest offering in its Moonlight Movie series, offering free big-screen entertainment under the stars.

1 week ago | jaxtoday.org | Jessica Palombo

Once vital arteries of Jacksonville’s growth and cultural identity, here are four historic commercial corridors that have been forgotten and lost to time. Downtown’s Main StreetLooking north at the intersection of Main and Forsyth streets during the 1950s. | National Archives CatalogOn February 24, 1893, Jacksonville’s Main Street made history as the site of Florida’s first electric streetcar line, connecting Downtown Jacksonville to the growing neighborhood of Springfield.

2 weeks ago | jaxtoday.org | Jessica Palombo

Free local news and info, in your inbox at 6 a.m. M-F. Sign up for the Jacksonville Today newsletter. FridayGhost Funk Orchestra WJCT Soundstage | DowntownCatch a night of genre-bending music this Friday as the Jacksonville Music Experience Soundstage Series welcomes Ghost Funk Orchestra. The New York-based psychedelic-soul collective led by composer and multi-instrumentalist Seth Applebaum blends psych rock, jazz, and funk into an original, cinematic sound.

2 weeks ago | jaxtoday.org | Jessica Palombo

For nearly a century, Duval Laundry stood not just as a place of work but as a pillar of community life and progress in Jacksonville. Now poised for new and exciting uses, here is a look into its past and a glimpse of what remains inside the old massive laundry plant today. An early 20th century photograph of Duval Laundry. | Gary WatsonIn 1901, Thomas Hilditch founded the Hilditch Steam Laundry on Washington Street, near Jacksonville’s Old City Cemetery.

2 weeks ago | jaxtoday.org | Jessica Palombo

Jacksonville City Council member Jimmy Peluso’s pitch to create a local landlord registry is a sign of the times in a number of ways. It is a well-meaning effort, but ultimately sound and fury signifying nothing except a bipartisan commitment to symbolism over substance. Jacksonville Today thanks our sponsors. Become one. In a superficial sense, it’s good policy to deal with the realities of a city that has changed in recent decades, even years.